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troops being deployed to gaza.sident said he would do what was necessary, nor how the president would overcome resistance from the arab states have spoken out. there are still many questions and people would like to see them answered. >> great amount of detail we don't actually know. there is tension between the idea of america first in bringing u.s. troops back in the idea of what president trump is talking about for the gaza strip. >> there is. carolyn levitt was asked about that in the briefing how a president who campaigned on the promise of no forward entanglements could suggest such a thing. she said they would not pay for the complete rebuilding of gaza but did not offer specifics on who or how that would work. she did repeatedly go back to drum -- trump being a dealmaker. she and the president were confident they could come to the deal with their of c2 expressed concerns. she made the point other countries, columbia taking undocumented migrants back from the u.s. at first they said one thing but trump took

control of gaza and move palestinians out of which governs gaza. the group says — palestinians will foil any attempt to displace them. or the people living in gazai to go back at another time. to go back yet another time. and the united states is going to own it, - and we will slowly — - very slowly, we're in no rush it's a demolition site. we will be building _ through other of the very rich for the first time in hundreds of years. | militarised zone that had cut the territory in half. and what many of the returnees will find, is rubble. the october the 7th attack by hamas in 2023. the israeli withdrawal from the strategically important road is part of the current ceasefire agreement between israel and hamas. isn't allowed by israel to report from inside gaza. their homes once stood. "gaza is like no other, the ceasefire that has allowed this follows one of the biggest bombing campaigns in military history. but it's a fragile truce. yesterday's images of weak and gaunt hostages angered the israeli government. we will not give up, and will continue

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is he looking to develop gaza as a beachfront property, talking about a u.s. occupation of gaza? will the u.s. force out 2 million palestinians as part of the plan? he asked. let's hear from bernie, new york, democrat on this proposal by the president floated yesterday. go ahead. caller: he is a genius. the guy is a genius. [indiscernible] i have nothing the greatest president of all time. my only problem is i think we should take france. i don't understand why he's looking for the gaza strip. we can't make any money on it. host: why is it a genius idea in your mind? caller: well, obviously i'm -- host: you have got to watch the language callers, especially when you called in. the washington post follows up, the u.s. allies on wednesday began rejecting president trump's proposal to take over gaza, permanently moving palestinians entering the enclave into a "rivera" of the middle east. saudi arabia immediately rejected the displacement of palestinians, adding that it would not established of o-matic relationships with israel, long-term u.s. foreign policy goal, without independent

will take over the gaza strip. >> owning gaza. president trump's proposal for creating a new riviera. he's not ruling out the use of u.s. troops to do it. plus. >> how is. >> this making our country. >> safer? >> sounding the alarm, >> have not weeks, but we have days to stop the destruction of our democracy. >> democrats versus doge dozens of lawmakers pushing back against elon musk's role in the white house. democratic congresswoman debbie dingell will be here to discuss. and later. >> this is an attack on our education system. >> dismantling the education department. the president now preparing an executive order to begin the process of shutting it down. 6 a.m. here on the east coast. this is a live look at rafah in southern gaza, where, of course, many palestinians who had been there just now, being allowed in the last few weeks to return to their homes in northern gaza. good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us. it's a head spinning morning, two weeks and two days after taking office. presiden

is he looking to develop gaza as a beachfront property, talking about a u.s. occupation of gaza? will the u.s. force out 2 million palestinians as part of the plan? he asked. let's hear from bernie, new york, democrat on this proposal by the president floated yesterday. go ahead. caller: he is a genius. the guy is a genius. [indiscernible] i have nothing the greatest president of all time. my only problem is i think we should take france. i don't understand why he's looking for the gaza strip. we can't make any money on it. host: why is it a genius idea in your mind? caller: well, obviously i'm -- host: you have got to watch the language callers, especially when you called in. the washington post follows up, the u.s. allies on wednesday began rejecting president trump's proposal to take over gaza, permanently moving palestinians entering the enclave into a "rivera" of the middle east. saudi arabia immediately rejected the displacement of palestinians, adding that it would not established of o-matic relationships with israel, long-term u.s. foreign policy goal, without independent

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again, these releases have taken place in northern gaza, in southern gaza. sometimes, you know, two locations for the very same day. and that's likely an indication of where those hostages were being held until the moment when they were released. basically, hamas coordinating with the red cross to pick the location that allows for the quickest release of those hostages with the least number of variables that could interfere between when they are taken out from the place where they are being held captive and brought to the custody of the red cross. so this is likely an indication that they were being held in central gaza or somewhere near there, or at a minimum, that this was kind of the easiest point from which they could be released. today. we know that every time they have been released from gaza, whether it was southern part of the strip, northern part of the strip, ultimately they are being driven to israeli forces along the gaza border and then being driven to the military base in israel, just a few miles away from the gaza border. that is where they ha

we have no intention to stay in gaza. we went into gaza because of october 7. to release the hostages and make sure hamas is not in power. what happens the day after -- the president has a point, it is not sustainable in gaza today. there is a need for something new. that is for the president to discuss with other leaders. host: what about the palestinian authority being in charge? guest: [indiscernible] we are fighting in the city of jenin. they tried to fight terrorists in that city and failed. i do not think they will have that ability. leave aside politically if they want it or not. they are not capable of controlling part of jordan and samaria. host: i want to talk about phase two of the cease-fire getting to that point. president trump has said he wants to see a permanent cessation of hostilities. is that something prime minister netanyahu is committed to in the future? guest: we are starting negotiations about the second phase. we know it we want to achieve, a new future for the people of gaza without hamas, and want to see no threat on the border. if we

we could have a return to fighting in gaza.resident trump on thursday signed an executive order putting sanctions on the international criminal court. they assisted in investigating the u.s. and its allies. neither israel nor the u.s. is a member of the court or recognizes its jurisdiction. in advance of that executive order, the court condemned greece, italy, and france for failing to apprehend netanyahu during his time in transit to the u.s. they reminded all state parties that they are legally obligated to fully cooperate with the icc including by arresting individuals sought by the court. this extends to their entire territory. to talk more about that, i enjoyed in the studio by our north american correspondent. he appeared to double down on that plan. of the u.s. taking control of gaza. was he clear in how he intends to do that? >> no details. it was vague. it is kind of a paradox. it is worth remembering that the plan breaks international law because it requires israel to forcibly remove people from gaza. it involves the

basis. of the gaza strip. of october, there was a high motivation among the life in gaza is terriblehamas has taken every dollar they got and at the expense of their own society. in gaza due to the war and the motivation to and i think that in this sense, what's happening, the fact who want to go out go out. that's terrible. you know, in ukraine, eight million people left. nobody blocked the border. nobody told them they cannot go out. but for some reason, the west thinks it can decide for the gazans what their future will be. and i think we have to create the terms really don't want to live in gaza to get out. we are hearing from... that they do want to any palestinian groups saying that that is likely. some people, of course, have fled the violence. of the critics of this idea. yeah, well, it's a new idea. i think that israel really needs to learn and understand it seems to me that president trump maybe but i think that at this stage, we are now in the midst to the next step. i think many things are going to happen in gaza, i can tell you... i think that is creating a very big leve

gaza. because gaza will be empty. what the palestinian authority cannot rule gaza. what do you think? >> well. >> it's had a pretty hard time, wouldn't you say? i'd say it's had a pretty bad time of it. >> mr. president, qatar has. you've criticized him in the past as a funder of terrorism. so has the prime minister. do you think they're part of the solution or part of a problem moving forward? >> i think they're trying to help. qatar is absolutely trying to help. i know him very well and they're doing everything they can. very tough situation, but they are absolutely trying to help. okay. thank you very much. >> everybody. thank you. >> go guys. >> come on guys let's go let's go let's go guys. >> thank you for waiting. thank you guys. we'll see you soon. >> all right. you've been listening to president trump and israeli prime minister netanyahu at the white house, as they've been talking about what next in the middle east? what next with the cease fire and hostage deal? what next in a more expansive regional way? israel really wants to have a national a normalizati

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more aid has been sent into gaza and the border between rafah and gaza has been reopened.a lot to lose here. >> thank you very much. almost the entire population of gaza has been displaced by the conflict. for those not returning the journey home is the start of a deeply uncertain future. news organizations are not allowed independent access to gaza. this report was sent from jerusalem. >> where donald trump sees a future riviera of the middle east, gazans see the beauty of what used to be here. the homes and lives they built before american weapons destroyed them, dropped by israel during 15 months of war. more than 500,000 people have returnedto their homes in gaza's northern areas since the cease-fire began. defiance, still their first response to the fantasies of a president and the realities of home. >> neither trump nor anyone else matters to me. after he made israel destroy our houses in gaza he is telling us gaza is destroyed and we have to leave. we cleaned up the rubble, sit on it and live whether they like it or not. >> the cease-fire has met much more aid is ge

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, and future governance for gaza.t would it mean for the united states relationship with the arab world, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, if the plan is to move them out of gaza against their will? >> that couldn't be the plan. i don't think even trump thinks that. the problem is trump announces it in public without consulting with anybody. the palestinians have been mistreated, for decades, by the arab states, beginning with their radical arab states in the 1950's and 1960's that wanted to keep them close to israel, so that when israel was driven into the sea, the palestinian refugees could be a part of it and go back home. it turns out israel is not going to be driven back to the sea, but none of the arab states have been willing to take any significant number of them. if you believe, as i do, that the two state solution is dead particularly after october 7, the best solution is to split the gaza problem from the west bank problem, and try and decide what is the humane thing to do for palestinians who were in gaza as re

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we heard from him on gaza and talking about moving palestinians out of gaza while it was being rebuilt before the prime minister of israel even arrived here at the white house this afternoon. and then again, president trump repeated that sentiment when he was sitting, sitting next to him in the oval office talking about this idea that it is going to take 10 to 15 years to rebuild gaza. and he was framing it through a humanitarian perspective, initially saying that essentially, it's not livable in gaza because of all of the israeli strikes and how destroyed the area has been, which we already know, given how displaced the millions of people who do live there already have been over the last 16 months, as this war has been going on since hamas attacked on october 7th. but the question is what that looks like. and people were also raising the question of what an explosive sentiment this would be, certainly in the middle east. to one say that people should move out of their homeland, which gaza is for the palestinians, but two, also the suggestion that neighboring countries should take them

takeover of gaza and a takeover of the rebuild of gaza. which president trump likened in the future to a new middle east rivera. >> yeah, didn't have that one on my bingo card tonight, laura. i will tell you this, i will tell you, this it's a lofty, long-term goal. it's the post reconstruction phase. we're not there yet. hamas is not destroyed. still thousands of hamas fighters we have to deal with before we get close to this. anyone worrying about this happening tomorrow. having to staff it out and be concerned about how much u.s. blood and treasure we might spill in gaza, what the plan might look like, this is the president issuing a directive not just to the world but specifically to now new administration about where he is sees us heading in the middle east, it's not going to happen in the very near term. there's a lot of steps we have got to take to get there. >> laura: all right, dan, thank you so much. we will take a quick break and right back with more coverage of this another historic press conference. the big news? a u.s. takeove

some of the prisoners are being released to gaza. this is khan yunis in gaza. some of the prisoners are being released to ramallah in the west bank. ramallah is essentially the de facto acting capital of the west bank. the palestinians will tell you that jerusalem is the capital and under the disputed state of jerusalem, both the israelis and the palestinians claim jerusalem as their joint capital. effectively, though, most government organizations and agencies are in tel aviv for israel, and the similar situation exists in ramallah for the palestinians. joining me now, aaron david miller, senior fellow at carnegie endowment for international peace, former senior advisor for arab-israeli negotiations at the state department. stephen cook joins me as well. he's a senior fellow for middle east and africa studies at the council on foreign relations. good morning to both of you guys. aaron, i'm amazing that we are at the fifth week of this. israel and hamas have a commitment to continue a longer lasting truce. boy, donald trump threw a wrench into the works earlier

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can i ask you about your gaza? can we ask about your gaza proposal? >> a lot of people are talking about. >> obviously. >> it got a lot of attention. >> everybody loves it. but this is just not the right time. but we'll maybe do something later. this is a very important and in my opinion, solemn occasion. >> so the president there what i wanted to key on is everybody loves it. the president often takes questions. he was not effusive in taking questions in this moment. we expect to hear from him again later in the day. but his initial response was everybody loves it. clearly there are many, even in his own party, who are raising serious questions about it. at the same time, the speaker of the house is being supportive and there are reverberations around the world and this plan. some might see it as a land grab, a kind of colonial expansion, very unlike what the united states typically would do in this kind of an action. and so, is it a real idea or is it a provocation to somehow get some other benefit or response from nations in that region? >> andrea

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will take over the gaza strip. president trump saying he would consider sending in american troops and that the u.s. will own the gaza strip, even saying many palestinians would have to relocate to other countries. floating the vision of the, quote, riviera of the middle east. now the white house walkback, saying the president wasn't committed to putting troops on the ground. kelly o'donnell reports from the white house and richard engel on the backlash across t middle east. >>> all as the white house eyes deeper cuts for the federal workforce including at the cia and intelligence community. >>> the new airport scare. one flight nearly slashing off the tail of another when they clip wings in seattle. the investigation tonight. >>> plus -- >> i've been shot in my neck. >> you took the gun away? >> the suspect in custody after a 12-hour manhunt after a workplace mass shooting near ohio statuniversity. we're on the ground. >>> and can those wildly popular weight loss drugs treat addiction? stephanie gosk on the cuttin

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